Alice Lake: Alice Lake and its community is a scenic area of Ravenwood. It once held the stature of being its own municipality, complete with a town hall and post office. It became a popular spot for vacationers (many from Pittsburgh) in the 1920s and became part of Ravenwood in 1957, making Ravenwood approximately twoContinue reading Ravenwood, Chapter 9 [fiction]
Ravenwood, Chapter 8 [fiction]
Halloween Tales, Part 2: “I saw his ghost too,” Vree said. “Back in July, Evan and I—” she turned to me, “Evan’s uncle married my Aunt Addi in June—we were hiking along the cliffs when a sudden rainstorm hit. We found shelter in a nearby cave no bigger than a broom closet. Lightning threw erraticContinue reading Ravenwood, Chapter 8 [fiction]
Ravenwood, Chapter 6 [fiction]
The Game: I love playing and watching baseball games. I was on my high school’s baseball team for four years, didn’t see much action, so it was more fun playing Pony League in the summer (until I became too old) and sandlot ball with my friends. We also played softball for a local church team.Continue reading Ravenwood, Chapter 6 [fiction]
Ravenwood, Chapter 5 [fiction]
The Gold Hunt, Part 2: Dave Everly, Vree’s cousin, was a year older than Vree and me. And according to the blue T-shirt he wore, his school may have been Ridgewood High, home of the Fighting Eagles. I didn’t ask. He had thick, dark brown hair, bright, greenish blue eyes, and was scrawnier and anContinue reading Ravenwood, Chapter 5 [fiction]
Ravenwood, Chapter 4 [fiction]
The Gold Hunt, Part 1: It was Tuesday, two days after our visit to the police station when I met Vree at her favorite fishing hole. I was late getting to my typewriter because of a trip to see some of my mom’s relatives who were in town and at my grandma’s house. Afterwards, IContinue reading Ravenwood, Chapter 4 [fiction]
Ravenwood, Chapter 3 [fiction]
Official Town History: In 1702, French fur hunters and trappers who traded with Native Americans and settlers migrating west along the Allegheny valley constructed a trading post in Pennsylvania called Amity. The village remained a trading post until 1747. On March 12, 1800, the state formed Myers County from parts of Allegheny County. Frank WoodContinue reading Ravenwood, Chapter 3 [fiction]
Ravenwood, Chapter 2 [fiction]
The Day I Met Vree Erikson: It was a pleasant sunny Sunday afternoon in September, sixty degrees and the blue sky mottled in places with clouds that looked like white cotton candy shreds. Church was over for most people in Ravenwood when I bobbed my fishing line in Myers Creek beneath Cherry Street’s cement bridge.Continue reading Ravenwood, Chapter 2 [fiction]
